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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Roberta Teys go every day to read the local paper?
(a) Rose Cottage.
(b) The Keldale library.
(c) Keldale Lodge.
(d) St. Catherine's Church.

2. In Chapter 1, who is killed over a dispute about ownership of a garnet necklace?
(a) An elderly gypsy woman.
(b) A duchess.
(c) An aging actress.
(d) A middle-aged secretary.

3. During his train ride in the opening scene, what is Father Hart holding in his lap?
(a) A wounded kitten.
(b) A laptop computer.
(c) A battered attache case.
(d) A crying baby.

4. Where do Simon Allcourt-St. James and his new bride stay during their honeymoon?
(a) The London Ritz Carlton.
(b) Keldale Lodge.
(c) Finley Abbey.
(d) Keldale Hall.

5. What about the treatment of Roberta Teys upsets Inspector Lynley in Chapter 6?
(a) She is being denied medicine that she needs.
(b) She is kept in a filthy, rat-infested cell.
(c) She's not given a psychiatric exam or an attorney.
(d) Food is being withheld from her.

6. With whom does Stepha Odell suspect that Roberta has been in love?
(a) Paul Odell.
(b) Ezra Farmington.
(c) Russel Mowery.
(d) Nigel Parrish.

7. What do the toxicology reports indicate are in William Teys' blood at the time of his murder?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Rat poisoning.
(c) Arsenic.
(d) Sleeping pills.

8. What is Stepha Odell's relationship to Olivia Odell, William Teys' fiancée?
(a) Stepha is Olivia's sister.
(b) Stepha is Olivia's mother.
(c) Stepha is Olivia's sister-in-law.
(d) Stepha is Olivia's daughter.

9. Who is Dougal?
(a) Stepha Odell's gardener.
(b) Bridie Odell's pet duck.
(c) The local constable.
(d) Bridie Odell's pet cat.

10. What color hair does Stepha Odell have?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

11. At what train station does Father Hart disembark?
(a) King's Cross.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Waterloo.
(d) Vauxhall.

12. What is the relationship between Superintendent Webberly and Sir David Hillier?
(a) They are best friends.
(b) They are coworkers and brothers-in-law.
(c) They are cousins.
(d) They are stepbrothers.

13. What does Deborah Allcourt-St. James do for a living?
(a) She's an accountant.
(b) She's a teacher.
(c) She's a pianist.
(d) She's a photographer.

14. What does Jimmy Havers refuse to do, even though it would improve his health?
(a) Eat less fat and more green vegetables.
(b) Lose weight.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Stop smoking.

15. At the end of Chapter 5, to where does Stepha Odell inform Inspector Lynley that Roberta Teys has been sent?
(a) A mental asylum.
(b) The local jail.
(c) The hospital emergency ward.
(d) Scotland Yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Sergeant Barbara Havers been demoted from CID and put back into uniform?

2. When Bridie Odell cuts her hair, whose hairstyle is she trying to copy?

3. What relative of Sergeant Barbara Havers has died of leukemia?

4. What evidence is lacking at the scene of William Teys' murder?

5. What is the first name of Richard Gibson's wife?

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